Haply Robotics to offer its haptic controller with PickNik's MoveItPro
The Robot Report covered PickNik Robotics' partnership with Haply to bring the Inverse3 haptic controller into the MoveIt Pro developer platform — pairing real-time force feedback with motion planning for teleoperation and robot-learning data collection.
Originally published on haply.co — the canonical version of this article.
A partnership covered by The Robot Report
The Robot Report reported that PickNik Robotics has partnered with Haply Robotics to bring the Inverse3 haptic controller into the MoveIt Pro developer platform, creating a more intuitive and responsive way to interact with and teleoperate robotic arms in dynamic environments.
Controlling robots — and teaching them
The Inverse3 is a lightweight, high-fidelity haptic device that lets operators directly manipulate robots while receiving real-time force feedback. Beyond making teleoperation feel natural, the integration lets developers generate high-quality training data for robot-learning pipelines — capturing real human motion trajectories, grasp strategies, and corrective behaviors in real time. Haply CEO Colin Gallacher framed haptics “as a way to teach” robots, not merely control them, calling the combination a powerful tool for building intelligent, adaptive robotic systems.
Inside MoveIt Pro
PickNik built MoveIt Pro to give developers robust tools for remote robot manipulation over a local network, the open Internet, or satellite links, with browser-based teleoperation, supervised autonomy, and integrated motion planning. With Inverse3, users can control the robot’s interaction with the environment, adjust trajectories on the fly, and maintain tight control over complex tasks at any distance. Dr. Dave Coleman, PickNik’s chief product officer, described the controller as a natural fit for the company’s human-in-the-loop autonomy vision.
Target applications
The combined stack targets nuclear maintenance, orbital inspection, underwater infrastructure, and surgical research and development, with three headline capabilities:
- Tactile teleoperation — real-time force feedback helps operators maintain precision in uncertain, dynamic environments.
- Hybrid autonomy — operators preview, adjust, and approve robotic decisions with the guidance of haptic input.
- Easy deployment — everything runs from a web browser, even over 4G, 5G, or low-bandwidth links.
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Read the original coverage
The full article is available at therobotreport.com.